2009-05-11
This looks like a greatest hits compilation but it’s actually a retrospective performed by a modern Chicago collective calling themselves The Living History Band. They’re joined by 4 of Chicago’s great blues traditionalists – harp masters Billy Boy Arnold and Billy Branch; and guitarists Lurrie Bell and John Primer. Extensive liners explain the significance of the honored artists, none of whom, it could be pointed out, were born north of the Mason-Dixon.DAVID EGAN
YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR MIND
Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers
Love Whip Blues
GUY DAVIS
Sweetheart Like You
LADY DOTTIE & THE DIAMONDS
LADY DOTTIE & THE DIAMONDS
ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD
HEARTSOULBLOOD
JASON VIVONE AND THE BILLY BATS
Lather Rinse Repeat
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